SPUR supports an additional funding commitment of $50M to the California Air Resources Board for its Electric Bicycle Incentive Project.Modeled after similar programs across the country, this program will award at-point-of-purchase vouchers to low-income Californians to reduce the costs of purchasing an electric bicycle. The size of the voucher will further increase if the applicant’s income is below the 225% federal poverty limit or if they are purchasing a cargo or an adaptive bicycle.

SPUR strongly supports support AB 761, a bill to establish a statewide Transit Transformation Task Force. SPUR views AB 761 as the necessary complement to the request for multiyear operating fund on a limited-term basis to avert a fiscal cliff and regrow ridership.

SPUR calls on State Budget Leaders to help the state's public transit systems and avoid looming cuts to critical transit service that millions of Californians rely upon and that is foundational to our state's climate strategy. In addition, we urge the state to restore at-risk commitments to clean transportation from the FY22-23 budget.

SPUR and other housing advocates request the state take action to protect public transit, which provides an essential mobility option for residents of infill housing developments across California. Left unaddressed, transit's fiscal cliff will harm the state's most vulnerable residents and undermine the production of infill housing.